Political Quotes

“I am very proud of this budget. This budget does set the right priorities and takes this country in the right direction. If there were a little more truth on this floor and a little less rhetoric, perhaps we would see that. We have heard our colleagues on the other side say time after time after time that this budget cuts spending. Let me make it very clear. Nowhere outside of this beltway that surrounds this city is an increase in spending from $7.8 trillion over 5 years up to $9.0 trillion a cut. It is simply not a cut. We cannot go from $7.8 up to $9.0 and call it a cut. So let us get that point of truth on the record to begin with. Then let us go to what this debate is really about, because it really is a very simple debate. It is a simple debate between their belief in bigger government and higher taxes because they do not trust people; our belief in a slightly smaller, more efficient government with lower taxes because we do trust people. That is the fundamental debate going on here tonight.”